This software is designed for professional and enthusiast photographers. It provides complete RAW workflow, flexible photo management, advanced, non-destructive editing and breakthrough performance, says the company.
Corel suggests AfterShot Pro is a powerful and affordable alternative to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and ACD Systems ACDSee Pro.
Based on technology from Corel’s acquisition of Bibble Labs, the new software runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.
Fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core and multi-CPU computers, AfterShot Pro delivers fast RAW processing and incredibly colour-accurate images with regular support for an ever-increasing number of major camera manufacturers and models, states Corel.
It is claimed to offers workflow capabilities enabling you to work with photos virtually any way you want, such as quickly accessing images from existing file folders or memory cards or importing them into searchable catalogues.
Corel AfterShot Pro is designed for speed and allows those with and without the latest hardware to process their images fast. AfterShot Pro is fully multithreaded and optimized for multi-core computers by taking advantage of every CPU at its disposal to maximize the speed of onscreen preview, adjustment and output generation.
Whether reviewing, adjusting or exporting RAW, JPEG or TIFF images, lets you create custom or even portable catalogues that can be moved to another computer, or if you already organize your photos in folders on your computer, you aren’t required to catalogue them at all.
Browse and search your photos with ease using the powerful metadata features. Easily find your images with automatically imported EXIF data such as camera settings, lenses and dates. Add your own keywords, ratings, labels and tags or use industry-standard IPTC Metadata, such as captions and copyright. Tailor metadata sets to display only the information you want to see or use presets to attach information to your photos for easy searching.
Refine and enhance your photos without ever altering your original image. Apply intelligent automatic or manual adjustments – including complete exposure and tone control, colour correction, white balance, noise reduction, curves and levels, lens correction, etc.
Unique regions and layers capabilities give control over image adjustments by letting you apply them exactly where you want them.
AfterShot Pro lets you to bring your image into Corel’s PaintShop Pro, Adobe Photoshop or the image editor of your choice from directly within the application.
Batch processing lets you rename multiple files, apply adjustments to groups of similar files with the same settings, or convert and export files to one or more pre-defined image formats and sizes.
Corel AfterShot Pro is available as an electronic download from Corel, and is expected to be available in stores later this month. Cost is $99.99, less if you upgrade.
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